I’m still convinced that for lgbt youth, finding a job at your city’s version of the “gay Taco Bell” is key to survival. You Might Like - Similar Paysites : Gay Creeps Gay Room Teen Gay Hardcore Hard Latin Gays Black Gays. Like- I know times have changed but they haven’t changed much in 20 years. Some of the girls came from north city all the way out to the “gay Taco Bell” on Manchester in west county because they heard it was safe to work there. I only worked there from 1999-2001 but for young me, this was a vital, formative experience.
And we had customers come from all over the metro area because they knew they could be themselves in the dining room. One woman I worked with had a regular corporate job presenting as a man 9-5 Mon-Fri and then came to Taco Bell and worked 6pm -2am Friday and Saturday night so she could be herself surrounded by other black transwomen in those stolen weekends. And many of the women I worked with were in various stages of being out or transitioning and they were from all generations from teens to over 50. And they’d worked out an arrangement with the local teen Narcotics Anonymous group so that twice a week we would shut down the drive thru and the dining room and exclusively serve 60+ teens in various stages of recovery. It turns out it was the black trans women Taco Bell complete with black trans women in management. He warned me that it was the “gay Taco Bell”, but since I was coming from the “gay Howard Johnson’s” I wasn’t shocked. Over twenty years ago my big brother got me a job at a Taco Bell in the St. Thank u queen, society would collapse without you Shout-out to tgirls who work at Taco Bell. but i just wanted to thank you all for being so receptive to this second shrivelled up raisin of an. it appears my baby has been plucked out from tumblr’s ball pit vortex, so i’ll be moving house again to kindofsharethatt, the og. it is my alter ego coming to you live now. Shout out to trans women who aren’t computer scientists or musicians or avant-garde artists or whatever. i’m so happy you’re happy and that you chose to share it with me kick life’s butt.